• NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    There is so much stupid here:

    • people watching this
    • people actually liking this
    • why not stage it? A few friends no one is the wiser
    • AI could have done this too no point in real people at all

    He deserves jail time, as over used as this word is, that does strike fear… Terror if you will. Nobody deserves that when they are in public.

  • irish_link@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    “inject bystanders with empty syringes”

    Injecting people with air can cause an embolism. The article may be wrong and this guy could’ve just been stabbing people with syringe however, if there was any kind of injection that was empty meaning air that can and will cause serious issues potentially death.

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      14 hours ago

      The article just doesn’t care to tell you that the syringes were capped.

      The Sun helpfully includes that important detail.

      The influencer posted clips showing him creeping up on passersby and pretending to jab them with a capped syringe - just days before France’s massive Fête de la Musique street festival in June.

      I went looking for the information because I was like “you can kill someone so easy that way, wtf?”

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        Tbf,the last time I have jabbed myself with a needle it had a fucking cap on. I simply fell over against a wall. To make things better it contained some nasty drug that in theory could have hurt me badly,but luckily didn’t.

        (Before anyone is concerned about my drug use - I work as a paramedic and the medication in the syringe is one I am highly allergic to…)

        Still better than a contaminated one. Wouldn’t recommend both, though.

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    So this fella was stabbing people with syringes? How did he not get the shit beaten out of him by an angry crowd? Did he always target smaller, vulnerable people who were alone?

    What an absolute piece of shit.

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      They were capped syringes for the “pranks,” but your point still stands.

      What’s worse is that at the time, there were actually a lot of syringe stabbings in France according to this Sun article (it’s the Sun, sorry about that). I was curious so I looked up more articles.

      I’m speculating, but maybe people don’t want to beat someone up if they don’t actually get hurt, fearing worse punishment.

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        My company invited an influencer to come to campus to promote our company. I heard they had him jump around signage to get content for socials. So fucking cringe.

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      17 hours ago

      We’ve known this since September 1993, but we just let it keep going. I don’t think anyone can actually stop it or knows how, unless we get hit with an asteroid or something.

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    15 hours ago

    Bioterrorism. Unless they were changing needles, they’re risking a bad blood reaction or spreading a blood borne illness/disease. “Just a prank, bro” does not fix HIV.

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      No needle in the syringe, apparently.

      Still a good way to get bodyslammed into a wall. I’m not waiting to see if there’s a needle or not.